SCHEDULING

MS.PRITE
 DEFINATION

 Staff scheduling consist of assigning hours- of

work, place of work and work role for group
workers over an interval of weeks and months.
 It includes the amount of length of shift and type
of rotation.
 PRINCIPLES
 Principal of Optimum Task Size: tends to achieve
maximum efficiency when the task size are small,
and all task size of same order of magnitude.
 Principal of Optimum Production Plan: the
planning should be such that it imposes an equal
load on all plants.
 Principal of Optimum Sequence: scheduling tends
to achieve the maximum efficiency when the work
is planned so that work hours are normal used in
the same sequence.
 OBJECTIVES

 To ensure the safe and appropriate skill mix

24hrs a day and across all the shifts, in order to
deliver a high standards of care.
 To provide the best possible experience for the
staff.
 To comply good personnel practices and maintain
their morale high.
 TYPES
 Centralized : the time schedule is prepared in the
office of central nursing office and they are
responsible for scheduling both the staff members,
who are permanently assigned to each unit.
 Decentralized : when the head nurse of each unit
or supervisor of each section develop time
schedules for the nurses assigned to that until that
are independent of personnel schedules prepared
by other head nurse.
 FACTORS AFFECTING
SCHEDULING
 Competency
 Flexibility
 Equality
 Long shifts
 STEPS OF DETERMINING
SCHEDULING
 Determine the hours of maximum and minimum
workload based on routine.
 Required number of staff in a shift.
 Number of days assigned to each staff, check
policy.
 Make a list of holidays and vacation.
 Consider the preferences of staff.
 Plan in advance.
 Notify the staff.
 ROLE OF NURSE MANAGER
IN SCHEDULING
 Specifying duty hours for each subordinate.
 Providing quality check of time schedules to
detect errors and omissions.
 Obtaining approval of personnel time schedules
from approving managers.
 Tying and disturbing time plan to appropriate
individuals.
 Posting time schedule in appropriate location.
 Making day to day adjustment in schedule.